New York Governor Andrew Cuomo shot back at a payroll tax that he believes is affecting the way the state's Metropolitan Transit Authority can save money, the New York Post reports.

Google will continue its hiring surge by adding 6,000 new jobs to its payroll in 2011, the Los Angeles Times reports.

New York City is on the hook for approximately $30 million in overtime pay to city employees and lost Metropolitan Transit Authority revenue from the December 26 storm that forced cleanup crews and MTA employees to work around the clock

Recent snowstorms have pummeled both the streets of Boston and the city's wallet. The high costs of plowing and street maintenance have forced nearby Somerville, Massachusetts, to nearly eclipse its annual budget

Hoping to clarify its payroll processing, the Madison County, Illinois, government decided to move its payroll department from the treasurer's office

Despite continued unpredictably in the national employment rate, Oregon added to its payroll in 2010, the Oregonian reports.

Now is an especially important time for federal agencies to increase their employee retention efforts and internal recruiting, especially with a two-year pay freeze for all federal employees forthcoming

Officials in the Minnesota state legislature will convene on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of a 15 percent payroll cut across the board for all state employees, according to the Valley News Live.

A city supervisor in Honolulu, Hawaii, was sentenced to jail for stealing thousands of dollars in an overtime pay collection scheme, KGMB-TV reports.